the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down
will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words
dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications
it's no joke; gimme a break!
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
gigantic stone; megalith; massive boulder
board-shaped; plank-shaped; sheet-shaped
Latin alphabet; Roman alphabet; romaji; romanized Japanese; system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet
traveler; traveller; stranger
to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)
major incident; major happening; big scandal
sign of remorse; indication of regret
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
(state of) utter panic; great panic
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread
unnatural phenomenon; strange happenings; haunting
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
tax exemption; duty exemption
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
either way; in any case; one way or another
introduction (from outside); import; shipping in (from another part of the country); transporting; putting in (e.g. one's feelings into a work)
as if to say; as much as to say; as though
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
inseparable; indivisible; undetachable
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
graduation ceremony; commencement
spring break; spring vacation
modern person; people of today
(arch.) like that; (arch.) as such; yeah; uh-huh
platform; podium; (ceremonial) mound; world (of haiku, art, etc.); (literary) circles; (arch.) mandala
jewel; precious stone; gem
one passage; one paragraph; one stanza; one verse; one section (of a piece of music); one syllable